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Davis, D. R. 1991. First Old World Record of the Moth Family Vol. 2 No. 1 1991 DAVIS: Arrhenophanidae 41 TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA, 2(1): 41-42 FIRST OLD WORLD RECORD OF THE MOTH FAMILY ARRHENOPHANIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA: TINEOIDEA) DONALD R. DAVIS Department of Entomology, NHB 127, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20560, USA ABSTRACT.- The presence of a new genus and two new species of the tineoid family Arrhenophanidae is reported from the central mountains of Taiwan. This constitutes the first record of the family for the Old World. A summary of the diagnostic features of the family is also provided. KEY WORDS: biogeography, Dysoptus, larva, Micrerethista, morphology, Neotropical, Oriental, pupa, systematics, Harmaclona, Psychidae, Taiwan, Tineidae. 1 2 Fig. 1. Adult male (forewing = 4.9mm), Fennchihwu, ca. 1400m, Chiayi Co., Taiwan. Fig. 2. Adult male (forewing = 5.8mm), Lukuei Forestry Station, 750m, Kaohsiung Co., Taiwan. Currently, the family Arrhenophanidae consists of eight most Harmaclona, which was considered by Bradley to constitute described species divided amongst four genera, all restricted to a synapomorphy of the Arrhenophanidae, is variably developed the American tropics (Becker, 1984; Davis, 1984). Previously, in the latter family as well as in Tineidae and Harmaclona. the pantropical genus Harmaclona had been erroneously assigned The Arrhenophanidae are recognized to be closely allied to the to the Arrhenophanidae (Fletcher, 1929; Bradley, 1953). Harma- Psychidae, largely on basis of the similar metafurcal bridge clona has recently been reassigned to the Tineidae (Robinson and (Brock, 1971; Robinson, 1988; Davis, 1990) and larval crochets Nielsen, in press) where it was first proposed (Busck, 1914). (lateral penellipse). They differ from Psychidae by the retention Harmaclona and its probable sister genus Micrerethista comprise of several plesiomorphies, including the possession of a single a monophyletic, highly autapomorphic group of approximately 10 (anterior) row of dorsal spines on the pupa, larvae with three described species characterized by the presence of an abdominal pairs of epipharyngeal spines, divided coxae, and distinct tympanum (Maes, 1985; Davis and Heppner, 1987; Robinson, (separated) prespiracular plate on the first thoracic segment. 1988; Robinson and Nielsen, in press), secondary fore-hindwing Arrhenophanidae can be characterized by two possible synapo- locking mechanism (Bradley, 1953), and certain pretarsal morphies: the presence of a partially sclerotized, non-retractile specializations (loss of arolium and pseudempodial seta). The vesica (reduced in some species), and the presence of a sclerotiz- invaginated pocket (apotheca) present in the male genitalia of ed, tubular anellus fused laterally to the valvae. The larvae of 42 DAVIS: Arrhenophanidae TROPICAL LEPIDOPTER Arrhenophanidae typically feed on bracken fungi and construct Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part I (Micropterigoide cases which are attached to the host substrate. Immoidea). The Hague: W. Junk. Concentrated fieldwork since 1980 in Taiwan has unexpectedly 1990. Three new species ofAcrolophus from the southeastern Uniti revealed the presence of true Arrhenophanidae in the Old World. States with remarks on the status of the family Acrolophid Two species belonging to an undescribed genus most allied to the (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. (Washingtoi 92(4):694-704. neotropical genus Dysoptus Walsingham have been discovered in Davis, D. R., and J. B. Heppner the central mountains of Taiwan. One species (Fig. 1) was 1987. New discoveries concerning Ischnuridia, a remarkable gen collected during July at Fennchihwu, 1400-1450m, in Chiayi of Indo-Australian Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Tinea (Tokyo), ] County. The other (Fig. 2) is known from Nantou County (Suppl.): 145-151. (Lushan, 1000m, 30Km east of Wushi, 27-31 May and Lien-hua- Fletcher, T. B. chih Forestry Station, 750m, 12Km south of Puli, 7-12 Sep) and 1929. A list of the generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Men Kaohsiung County (Lukuei Forestry Station, 750m, 29 Apr - 3 Dept. Agric. India, Ent. Ser. (Calcutta), 11 :ix + 246 p. May). Maes, K. The Taiwanese genus differs from Dysoptus and the other 1985. A comparative study of the abdominal tympanal organs neotropical genera in possessing the most plesiomorphic venation Pyralidae (Lepidoptera) 1. Description, terminology, prepara within the family. All major veins arise separately from the tion technique. Nota Lepid. (Karlsruhe), 8(4):341-350. Robinson, G. S. forewing discal cell, the base of M is forked within the cell, and 1988. A phytogeny for the Tineoidea (Lepidoptera). Ent. Scand the accessory cell is preserved. (Copenhagen), 19:117-129. With the discovery of the Taiwanese species, the number of Robinson, G. S., and E. S. Nielsen Arrhenophanidae known to the author now totals 24 species. All [in press]. A generic revision of the Australian Tineidae. Monog will be described and illustrated in a monograph of the family, Australian Lep. (Melbourne). now in preparation. Closer examination of Old World collections should reveal additional species from Asia and perhaps Africa. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to thank J. B. Heppner (Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL) and Y. Arita (Meijo Univ., Nagoya, Japan) for the loan of specimens. Photographs of specimens were by V. E. Krantz of the Smithsonian Photographic Laboratory, and the final draft of the manuscript was typed by Silver West. My fieldwork in Taiwan was funded by a Fluid Research Grant from the Smithsonian Institution. Heppner's fieldwork was supported by the National Science Foundation (grants INT-8119539 and INT- 8721716). I also wish to thank Shui-chen (Sally) Chiu, formerly of the Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Sheng-hwa Lin Chow of the National Science Council of the Republic of China, and my assistant Jen Ren, for assisting with travel arrange- ments in Taiwan. LITERATURE CITED Becker, V. O. 1984. Taxonomic notes on the Neotropical Microlepidoptera. Rev. Brasileira Ent. (Sao Paulo), 28(2): 129-201. Bradley, J. D. 1953. On Harmaclona Busck, 1914 (Lep., Arrhenophanidae), with descriptions of a new species, of a supplementary wing- coupling device present, and some new synonymy. Entomolo- gist (London), 86(3):61-66. Brock, J. P. 1971. A contribution towards an understanding of the morphology and phylogeny of the Ditrysian Lepidoptera. J. Nat. Hist. (London), 5:29-102. Busck, A. 1914. New genera and species of Microlepidoptera from Panama. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. (Washington), 47(2043): 1-67. Davis, D. R. 1984. Arrhenophanidae, p. 6, 25. In J. B. Heppner (ed.), Atlas of.
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